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What the actual fuck

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    jon-nyc
    wrote on 19 Jun 2020, 03:01 last edited by jon-nyc
    #1

    You know the great conceling is upon us when GMU professors aren’t safe.

    Robin Hanson?

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    Seriously Horace?

    Only non-witches get due process.

    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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      jon-nyc
      wrote on 19 Jun 2020, 03:04 last edited by
      #2

      Only non-witches get due process.

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        Loki
        wrote on 19 Jun 2020, 03:10 last edited by
        #3

        He seems to love to call attention to himself. He should reflect on that.

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          Rainman
          wrote on 19 Jun 2020, 03:11 last edited by
          #4

          "Join Twitter to get the full story. . ."

          No thanks.

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            Klaus
            wrote on 19 Jun 2020, 08:12 last edited by
            #5

            What was the original post? It seems to be deleted.

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              89th
              wrote on 19 Jun 2020, 09:32 last edited by
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                Klaus
                wrote on 19 Jun 2020, 10:11 last edited by
                #7

                I completely fail to understand this.

                What's wrong with fried chicken and watermelon? Is that also political these days?

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                  89th
                  wrote on 19 Jun 2020, 10:28 last edited by 89th
                  #8

                  There's a stereotype that black people like to eat fried chicken and watermelon. Unfortunately we're in a society now that recoils at any black generalization? I don't even know any more.

                  It seems fine to talk about cultures, holidays, and associated foods enjoyed on that day...such as talking about eating tacos on a mexican-related holiday, or talking about eating pho during a Vietnamese-related event. Heck, Americans eating hot dogs and hamburgers on July 4th!

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                    Klaus
                    wrote on 19 Jun 2020, 10:44 last edited by
                    #9

                    Thanks for the explanation. I still don't understand in what sense the post from Hanson can be conceived to be racist, even when I put my "woke" goggles on. Cultural appropriation? Or the post is considered to somehow make fun of black culture?

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                      Doctor Phibes
                      wrote on 19 Jun 2020, 11:13 last edited by Doctor Phibes
                      #10

                      This is from 2014....

                      https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/02/heres-why-your-fried-chicken-and-watermelon-lunch-racist/357814/

                      I was only joking

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                        89th
                        wrote on 19 Jun 2020, 11:31 last edited by
                        #11

                        I get there's historical baggage with some of this, but the sooner we move away from it and into the present, the better off we'll all be. Maybe I'm naive.

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                          George K
                          wrote on 19 Jun 2020, 11:34 last edited by
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                          Lenny Bruce:

                          FF to about 5:15

                          Link to video

                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                            Doctor Phibes
                            wrote on 19 Jun 2020, 12:04 last edited by
                            #13

                            TBH, I can't believe he'd be dumb enough to post that Tweet.

                            I was only joking

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                            • D Doctor Phibes
                              19 Jun 2020, 12:04

                              TBH, I can't believe he'd be dumb enough to post that Tweet.

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                              mark
                              wrote on 19 Jun 2020, 12:06 last edited by
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                              @Doctor-Phibes said in What the actual fuck:

                              TBH, I can't believe he'd be dumb enough to post that Tweet.

                              +1

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                                jon-nyc
                                wrote on 19 Jun 2020, 12:06 last edited by
                                #15

                                I’m not shocked, he’s totally on the spectrum, almost off it in fact. It’s part of what makes him interesting.

                                Maybe there’s some ableist woke defense for the neuro-atypical professor.

                                Only non-witches get due process.

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                                • J jon-nyc
                                  19 Jun 2020, 12:06

                                  I’m not shocked, he’s totally on the spectrum, almost off it in fact. It’s part of what makes him interesting.

                                  Maybe there’s some ableist woke defense for the neuro-atypical professor.

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                                  Loki
                                  wrote on 19 Jun 2020, 12:14 last edited by
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                                  @jon-nyc said in What the actual fuck:

                                  I’m not shocked, he’s totally on the spectrum, almost off it in fact. It’s part of what makes him interesting.

                                  Okay, that makes more sense.

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                                    jon-nyc
                                    wrote on 19 Jun 2020, 12:18 last edited by
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                                    He was the guy behind prediction markets, he even had a contract with the DoD to build one predicting terrorist events which was canceled once people framed it as ‘giving people the ability to profit off of death’ or whatever.

                                    More recently he was the most prominent proponent of “variolation”, or intentional infection of volunteers with low levels of virus to move us to herd immunity.

                                    Only non-witches get due process.

                                    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                    • J jon-nyc
                                      19 Jun 2020, 03:01

                                      You know the great conceling is upon us when GMU professors aren’t safe.

                                      Robin Hanson?

                                      20AA4DBE-CB8F-41DE-96ED-19D0A6CEAFB1.png

                                      Seriously Horace?

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                                      Loki
                                      wrote on 19 Jun 2020, 12:28 last edited by Loki
                                      #18

                                      @jon-nyc said in What the actual fuck:

                                      You know the great conceling is upon us when GMU professors aren’t safe.

                                      Seriously Horace?

                                      Getting back to this, I don’t think we could find a finer Concelebrant than Horace.

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                                        Mik
                                        wrote on 19 Jun 2020, 12:39 last edited by
                                        #19

                                        Yes, it was a foolish thing to tweet and should. Yes, we need to GROW A THICKER SKIN.

                                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

                                        taiwan_girlT 1 Reply Last reply 19 Jun 2020, 14:48
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                                          Jolly
                                          wrote on 19 Jun 2020, 13:04 last edited by
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                                          Times are too good...

                                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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